The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-23

1t will be remembered chat on the morn
ing subsequent to the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln dslnge Of people gathered
around about the Wall Street exchange, al
New York, to give expression to their senti-
ments.
While the crowd was aimlessy surging to
aud fro, right arm was lifted skyward and
the voice of General Garfield stilled the
troubled waters. He said "Fsllow citizensl
Clouds and darkness are around about Hun!
HIS pavilion is dark waters aud thick
clouds of the skies! Justice and Judgment are
the establishment of His thronel Mercy and
truth shall go before His face! Fellow cit-
izensi God reigns, and the government
still lives"
When it became generally known in Will
mington that the Citizsns' bull for improv.
ing our streets and for the publication of
the ballot-box had passed the Legislature
the great masses of this commnni felt
like appropriating the above sentiment OF
the immortal Gaiield.
BY the agencies of prosttuted ballot
box class of harpies had intrenched them
selves all along our municipal line, and
with the most unblushng etfronterY asked,
aWhat are you gong TO do about itP"
The city Of Wilmington was manacled
by tho hand Of the despoiier. A class OF
men of limited mental vision would dicker
with the buns, hoodlums and gutterpups
for positions of trust in this municipality,
and by the most glarins frauds at t % bal
lot box this combination would win.
Honest men were dismayed aud all legiti-
mate business interests felt the blightlng
breath of official nincompoopism.
Mr.. Allen Speakman iu defense Of the
Citzsns' bill before the Legislature made
most terrible arraignment of the naodus op
erandi Of municipal matters. Hs cited the
fact that property throughout this city
which bears the Identical value OF fifteen
years ago now pays tax just quadfupled
that OF fifteen years ago. Nc. Speakman II
challenged any opponent of the "CttizeIs'
Street bll' to point out single square
where even gentle trot could be maintained
without endangering the safety of car
riage spring. The streets have gone from
bad to worse, and the time hal come when
such gross indifference and mismauagement
could be no longer endured
The "Citizens" bill was fought under
every imaginable pretense-and opposed by
whom? 1t was remarked as pitiable sight
to SEQ Judge Cummns of this municipal
court lobbying against the Street aud
Sewer bill when he, only short time sg'.
tried to fasten through the agen,y OF the
City Council, upon his fellow citzsas a
sewer scheme which would have vtrtua ly
oonfisc ated the propertie. Of m my of the
poorer CLASSES. 1t will bs recalled that
Judge Cum Minis was one Of the incotp Ira-
tors of the sewer system referred to, and
furthermore that the court over which he
presides was the tribunal before which auy
infractions of tho sewer ordinance were to
be adjudicated. Another funny thing wa'
to see Judge Cummins figuring in the roll OF
an 'anti-commissioner when AS a matter oi
fact he draws his bread aud butter inspira-
tion from a Commission" which robs the
mayor of the metropolis of Delaware of all
the rights aud dignities which properly be-
long to the mayoralty
The Citizens Street bill is a law, and this
community have an abiding faith in ths
commissioners, Messrs Joseph L. Carpenter,
Gawtbrop and Murray. AS greatly as our
cItizens appreciate the en- .ctment of the
Street and Sewer bill, yet fraught with in
finitely greater significance to our city ii
the "Regstratiuu bill' which passed tht
House of Representatives unanimously las
Wednesday, and on Thursday morning re
oeived the unanimous support of the Sen
ate.
LeRalized primaries and honsst election,
for Wilmington! Are we dreaming, can /
be poss BILE that the wholesale prostitution
which has characterized ev,ry nomination
and every election for the past fifteen year
is at an eud--
No man dares dispute the fact that in tn
Third and Tenth wards at the elections il
recent years more ballots we're taken frou
the balot-box than there were men, women
children, goats and tin cans in said ward
Nay more, there were men found in thos
wards who were SO lost to all sense of hone
and manhood that they openly gloried
their shame-b1asted that they voted fit
tickets at time.
The Registration enactment will call
halt upon such "budding statesmen" an
that class Of cattle will no longer be at tt
service of III, highest bidder on cleo ic
day.
Well may tie citizens of WilmingtC
adopt the language of the illustrious dea
'tJustice and judgment are the establis
ment of His throne! Mercy and truth sha
go befyre His face! God re'gns, and II
government still liyesp'
The opponents of the 'Registration bill